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  • Listen: new Public Enemy album!

    → 9:34 AM, Jun 27
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  • MF DOOM Instrumentals, something to listen to while you work.

    → 11:13 AM, Apr 4
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  • Standing in the Doorway by Sam Wilkes, Craig Weinrib, and Dylan Day. My Bandcamp Friday scoop. What you got?

    → 11:45 AM, Mar 7
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  • Sites I like: Walkman.Land.

    → 3:20 PM, Mar 4
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  • Music: Rock the Cowbells by The Beastie Boys / Irn Mnky

    → 5:34 PM, Feb 26
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  • Some Things, Week 6, 2025

    something falling from the sky

    Photo by Yama Bato.

    You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism: “Trusted information networks have existed since long before the internet and mass media. These networks are in every town and city, and at their core are real relationships between neighbors—not their online, parasocial simulacra.”

    Simulacrum: “a representation or imitation of a person or thing.”

    90’s Hip-Hop: A 45 plus minutes mix of Golden Era Classics + Rarities.

    Makara Peak Mountain Bike Park Wayfinding: Cool signs.

    Ghimli Sans: A font with “a nice ol' boozer vibe.”

    Marginalia Search: “Find lost old websites.”

    Existential Kool-aid Man.

    → 10:14 AM, Feb 7
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  • The Death of Music Genres

    People are following their “personal taste curation” instead of “mass consensus.” /via Jorge Arango

    → 11:14 AM, Dec 24

  • A “Christmas” album that resurrects each year. Example comment:

    The last time my grandfather and I hangout together 2 Christmas' ago, I had this on in the car and I’ll never forget when he told me how much he enjoyed The Grinch flip. It made me so happy. I miss him everyday now. What a good human. Rest in peace.

    → 6:11 PM, Dec 11

  • Cancel all my meetings, Said the Gramophone’s best songs of 2024 dropped!

    → 4:32 PM, Dec 10

  • De La Soul opened a donut shop for their latest video “Oodles of O’s”. The video features cameos by artists, actors and personalities, all to honor the legacy of Dave, aka Trugoy the Dove.

    → 10:26 AM, Oct 18

  • Music for Programming is nice. Reminds me of the old Left as Rain. 🤞 for the return of music blogs.

    → 9:34 AM, Apr 25

  • I’m always on the lookout for good instrumental music to work to and Modern Country by William Tyler is that.

    → 3:10 PM, Feb 28

  • Mixtape garden let’s you make mixtapes with others.

    → 11:11 AM, Feb 14

  • “Fast Car” is not a relic of its time but tragically timeless.

    → 10:01 AM, Feb 7

  • Japan Jazz Kissa Tour — 2023. Binaural recording from various jazz kissa in Japan. Headphones recommended.

    → 10:04 AM, Jul 28

  • How do I find new music now that I’m old and irrelevant?, a podcast episode about how “a normal person can find new stuff when they feel like their ears have rusted.”

    → 10:38 AM, Jul 27

  • AllttA - Savages featuring an AI Jay-Z.

    → 9:26 AM, Apr 4

  • Mellow music to use in the background for reflection and discussion from Stanford’s Design School.

    → 1:24 PM, Mar 10

  • Happy De La Soul day to all that celebrate.

    → 9:47 AM, Mar 3

  • Remembering De La Soul

    De La Soul’s Trugoy the Dove Dies at 54

    So incredibly sad.

    Here is an interview with producer Prince Paul about the making of De La Soul’s first album.

    Also, mark your calendars for March 3rd when De La Soul’s music is finally coming to streaming.

    → 3:50 PM, Feb 13

  • Beadz is an experimental, polymetric drum machine, built with web technologies. Looks super fun and the aesthetic is great.

    → 9:08 AM, Feb 3

  • Happy 21st Birthday To Largehearted Boy: A Playlist. Wow, 21 years of blogging. Also, great gift to us!

    → 10:48 AM, Feb 2

  • Jay-Z’s 99 Problems, Verse 2: A Close Reading with Fourth Amendment Guidance for Cops and Perps. Does what it says on the tin.

    → 9:54 AM, Jan 11
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